Veteran indie rockers Kasabian have shared a new single, “Call”, and have announced a new album from which the single will come. Happenings will be the eighth studio album to date for the Leicester band and is scheduled for release on July 5.
‘Call’ OUT NOW taken from our upcoming album ‘Happenings’ out 5th July – the album is about pure joy and takes you on a psychedelic trip through the dance floor to the mosh pit x Now available to pre-order: https://t.co/2tbXhLPjIs pic.twitter.com/LTzATETYnB
— KasabianHQ (@KasabianHQ) February 21, 2024
The release date of Happenings will coincide with and come a day before a huge show at Leicester’s Victoria Park entitled Summer Solace II, the sequel to their original homecoming gig Summer Solace that came back in 2014. And if their new single is anything to go by, Summer Solace II will combine super energetic dance music with the classic Kasabian indie rock sound their fans know and love.
Watch the music video for “Call” below:
Speaking to NME on the creation of “Call“, frontman Serge Pizzorno says of the song, “It’s really quite funky at the start, then it goes floaty and takes you somewhere else. It still bangs, but you’re like, ‘Holy shit, now I’m floating away’. In a really short space of time, it takes you a journey which is really fucking cool.”
And alluding to playing the track in a live setting, he adds, “It’s such a unique tune. At the start of an album campaign, to have something that can only be Kasabian is important. I don’t really know what is, but I do feel like it just has those drops that will just go off in a live environment. Let’s start the year with a tune that gets everyone excited for the summer.”
Kasabian formed in 1997 in Leicester, releasing their debut self-titled album Kasabian in 2004. This first album peaked at number 5 in the UK Albums Chart, and remains the only album released by the band to not reach number 1 in the UK. The band released a further 6 albums before lead vocalist left the band in July 2020, with Sergio Pizzorno taking up frontman duties ever since. The group’s most recent and seventh album, The Alchemist’s Euphoria, came in 2022.
Watch Kasabian perform “Shoot The Runner” at Summer Solace in 2014:
You can purchase tickets for Summer Solace II, scheduled to take place on July 6 2024 at Victoria Park in Leicester, here.
Pre-order Happenings here.
